Thanks everyone…I just knew this question would spark (no pun intended) an interesting conversation.
As for me, I’ve never tried pot…mostly hasn’t seemed worth the hassle to do something that is illegal. I seriously believe it shouldn’t be illegal, and I think it’s just a matter of time before it’s decriminalized everywhere in the US (question is how much time). But when I was younger (I’m 41 now), you know…the age when people first experiment with this kind of thing…I felt I just plain didn’t need it. I was a very happy person, didn’t really feel the need for a mood enhancer. In my later years I’ve been through a lot, and have developed a mild bit of depression. Now I can see myself trying it. The second consideration is smoking…I don’t want to inhale smoke in any form…I would certainly consider a vaporizer or eating it in food of some sort, but really don’t want to smoke it. The third consideration is I don’t even know where to get my hands on it, I’m sure I could figure it out, but being a degreed accounting professional, a husband and a father, it’s not really something I’d want to get caught with…I can’t imagine the repercussions being worth the joy. The fourth thing is that I have a minimal fear that the excessive amount of body fat might cause deposits to hang on and release at just the wrong time (say during my next job search)...that however though scientifically possible, is not what I’d consider to be a realistic worry.
So where that leaves me is if some was offered to me in a private home, or maybe I found some or got past the acquisition process, then maybe I’d try it, but again I would be reluctant to smoke it, but perhaps there would be another delivery method with which I would experiment. One part of the question that brings back is this…let’s say I did find some weed, and you are a person who says “hell yeah, I’d smoke it”, would you recommend the opposite for me? If so, why? Just curious about how you think.